TIGERLAND 



proud of, for of all the lucky shots I ever fired, this was 

 assuredly the luckiest of them all excelling, for its extra- 

 ordinarily fortunate deflection, even the one with which I 

 had bagged my bear the day before. 



Taken together, however, these two extraordinary 

 successes were probably as remarkable in their way as any 

 ever achieved by an Indian sportsman, and a very fit 

 ending, I thought, to my sporting career, since they were 

 destined to be the last two shots I should ever fire out of 

 a rifle. 



The return journey proved uneventful, and three days 

 later my successor having arrived I handed over charge 

 to him, experiencing, for the first time in my life, the 

 extraordinary sensation of being my own master, a position 

 I found somewhat perplexing after having lived, for close 

 on forty years, by rules and regulations, and it consequently 

 took me some time to realize my freedom. 



Within a week from the date of my emancipation, I 



found myself on board the P. & O. steamship N , 



homeward bound and trying hard to believe that I was 

 really severing my connection with India, its jungles and 

 its beasts, for ever and for ever. 



THE END 



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